Donald Trump is not known for applying any filter of tact, delicacy or diplomacy to his early morning public outbursts on Twitter.

Which is what makes his response to the Finsbury Park attacks so extraordinary.

The President, who is under criminal investigation for obstructing justice gets up at around 6am every morning and starts his day by watching cable TV news.

Which is why, by around lunchtime in the UK we're usually treated to The Donald's thoughts on the day's major events in the form of tweets.

Let's take a look at the difference between how Donald Trump reacted to the London Bridge attack and last night's attack in Fibsbury Park.

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London Bridge

On the night of Saturday, June 4, a group of Islamist terrorists driving a rental van mounted the pavement near London Bridge, knocking down and killing pedestrians, before attacking people in nearby restaurants with knives.

At least eight people were killed in the attack, with 48 more injured.

Here's how Donald Trump reacted:

He managed to:

Use the tragedy to push his travel ban policy

Appear to blame the deaths on political correctness

Retweet an inaccurate report of the number of deaths

Use it as an excuse to troll people who want stricter gun controls in the US, a country that has by far the highest number of mass shootings in the world

Attack London Mayor Sadiq Khan, misquoting one of his public statements to make him sound complacent about protecting the capital from terror attacks.

...over the course of 12 hours.

It's understood he eventually stopped tweeting and headed off for a round of golf.

Finsbury Park

Last night, a man driving a rental van mounted the pavement near the Finsbury Park mosque, knocking down and killing pedestrians. He was pinned down on the pavement until police arrived by local Muslims, who had been praying nearby shortly before the attack took place. At least one person died at the scene and 10 people were injured in the attack.

Here's how Donald Trump reacted:

No, we didn't paste the wrong tweet in. Donald Trump, for the first time we can remember, has had absolutely nothing to say about a major terror incident in one of the world's great cities.

He's commented on attacks in France and Belgium. In London and Berlin. He even had some choice words about a massacre in Sweden that didn't happen.

But so far he's maintained a dignified silence when it comes to Finsbury Park.